Unifor Family Day

 

Unifor is excited to partner with the Toronto Rock Lacrosse Club to offer our members, families and friends an exclusive fun-filled night on Saturday, March 30, 2019.

 

The doors to the Scotia Bank arena will be open early, exclusively for a Unifor tailgate party which will include numerous family-friendly activities such as face painting, lacrosse shooting tutorial, sign making and many more fun-filled activities.

 

Tickets for the game are $35 each. Included with the tickets for each attendee:

• Dedicated seating for Unifor members and family.
• Access to the exclusive pre-game tailgate
• Food and drink voucher
• Unifor/Toronto Rock branded T-shirt
• Unifor Thunder Sticks (noise makers)

 

The game starts at 7:00 p.m. and the exclusive Unifor tailgate part is from 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

 

As part of the pre-game ceremonies, Unifor will conduct the ceremonial ball drop. We will also have ample Unifor signage and announcements throughout the game.

 

Hurry before they are sold out!

Tickets can be purchased by contacting the Toronto Rock and speaking to Robert Warburton at 416-596-3075 ext. 236. Please indicate you are calling from Unifor. In the event, we exceed the number of tickets allotted to Unifor, tickets will still be available at the same price, but will not be in Unifor’s dedicated section.

 

 

In solidarity

 

 

Jerry Dias

National President
Président national

@ Work Centres near you.

Unifor proudly recognizes Pink Shirt Day, an annual event on the last Wednesday in February where Canadians across the country come together to support the important commitment to a safe, harassment-free environment at work and school.

Pink Shirt Day began in Berwick, Nova Scotia in 2007 when David Shepherd, Travis Price and a large group of students decided to defend their peer who was bullied for wearing a pink shirt. In a show of solidarity, they, and many students turned up to school the next day wearing pink shirts.

All members are encouraged to participate in Pink Shirt Day, which happens on Wednesday, February 27 this year. Wearing a pink shirt on that day is both an important statement of solidarity to those who have been bullied.  By wearing a pink shirt, and sharing a message or the Unifor image online, you can help to show that the union is committed to speaking out against bullying and harassment.

 

TORONTO – Visitors to the Canadian Auto Show in Toronto this weekend were greeted by Unifor members and encouraged to join Unifor’s campaign to boycott GM vehicles made in Mexico.

More than 200 workers and retirees from the Oshawa Assembly Plant, and feeder plants Lear, Inteva and other Unifor units showed up at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre Saturday wearing #SaveOshawaGM t-shirts.

“I am so proud of these fearless activists who will stop at nothing in the fight to convince GM it is not too late to reverse its plans for the Oshawa plant,” said Jerry Dias, Unifor National President.

“Sell here? Build here!” chanted the group of Unifor workers and retirees, as they raised awareness in the middle of GM’s display. “We will not give up and we will not be intimidated by GM or anyone else.

That is why we held a mini rally right where GM would take notice, in the heart of the auto show,” said Colin James, President, Local 222.

Activists also handed out leaflets that explain how to support the union’s efforts to stop the closure of the Oshawa Assembly plant and save 24 thousand good Canadian jobs.

Canadian consumers are urged to pledge to boycott all GM vehicles made in Mexico but signing up at SaveOshawaGM.